AK Steel Announces Price Increase for Carbon Steel Products
July 30 2009 - 5:15PM
PR Newswire (US)
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AK Steel
(NYSE:AKS) said today that it will increase spot market prices for
its carbon steel products by $40 per ton, effective with all new
orders for September and October shipment. About AK Steel AK Steel
produces flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels,
primarily for automotive, appliance, construction and electrical
power generation and distribution markets. The company employs
about 6,100 men and women in Middletown, Mansfield, Coshocton and
Zanesville, Ohio; Butler, Pennsylvania; Ashland, Kentucky;
Rockport, Indiana; and its corporate headquarters in West Chester,
Ohio. Additional information about AK Steel is available on the
company's web site at http://www.aksteel.com/. AK Tube LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel, employs about 250 men and
women in plants in Walbridge, Ohio and Columbus, Indiana. AK Tube
produces carbon and stainless electric resistance welded (ERW)
tubular steel products for truck, automotive and other markets.
Additional information about AK Tube LLC is available on its web
site at http://www.aktube.com/. DATASOURCE: AK Steel CONTACT:
Media, Alan H. McCoy, Vice President, Government and Public
Relations, +1-513-425-2826, Investors, Albert E. Ferrara, Jr., Vice
President, Finance & CFO, +1-513-425-2888, both of AK Steel Web
Site: http://www.aksteel.com/
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